Season Summary

  • Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
Ex
Thu Jul 14 8:15 PM
HAM 27 @ TOR 41 W 20,617  
Ex
Wed Jul 20 8:15 PM
CGY 17 @ TOR 13 L 23,335  
Ex
Sat Jul 23 11:00 PM
TOR 7 @ EDM 9 L 7,500  
Ex
Wed Jul 27 11:00 PM
TOR 28 @ BC 27 W 23,103  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
1Bye
2
Fri Aug 5 8:00 PM
HAM 18 @ TOR 8 L 28,594  
3
Fri Aug 12 8:00 PM
MTL 17 @ TOR 6 L 24,139  
4
Sat Aug 20 8:00 PM
TOR 10 @ HAM 23 L 22,261  
5
Tue Aug 30 8:00 PM
TOR 0 @ OTT 24 L 20,137  
6
Mon Sep 5 5:30 PM
TOR 8 @ CGY 13 L 20,000  
7
Sun Sep 11 2:00 PM
EDM 14 @ TOR 34 W 21,685 CTV
8
Sun Sep 18 4:00 PM
TOR 7 @ SSK 23 L 19,339 CTV
9
Wed Sep 21 9:00 PM
TOR 9 @ WPG 43 L 17,112 CTV
9
Sun Sep 25 2:00 PM
BC 27 @ TOR 29 W 18,926 CTV
10
Sat Oct 1 2:00 PM
OTT 17 @ TOR 8 L 20,786  
11Bye
12
Mon Oct 10 2:00 PM
TOR 9 @ MTL 8 W 14,000  
12
Sat Oct 15 2:00 PM
MTL 27 @ TOR 11 L 16,000  
13
Sun Oct 23 2:00 PM
OTT 12 @ TOR 35 W 16,064  
14
Sat Oct 29 2:00 PM
TOR 8 @ HAM 5 W 15,072 CBCE
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Regular Season 14 5 9 0 10 182 271 W2 4-2-0
    Home 7 3 4 0 6 131 132 W1 3-3-0
    Visitor 7 2 5 0 4 51 139 W2 2-4-0
   Divisional opponent 9 3 6 0 6 95 151 W2 3-3-0
   Non-divisional opponent 5 2 3 0 4 87 120 W1 2-3-0

Full 1966 League Standings

Home Visitor Total
Quarter Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record)
After 1st 1 (0-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (2-3-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 5 (1-4-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (2-1-0) 10 (3-7-0)
After 2nd 3 (2-1-0) 2 (1-1-0) 2 (0-2-0) 2 (1-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (1-4-0) 5 (3-2-0) 2 (1-1-0) 7 (1-6-0)
After 3rd 2 (2-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 1 (1-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 3 (3-0-0) 2 (2-0-0) 9 (0-9-0)
After 4th 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 9 (0-9-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.643 1-4-0 (5) 2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional 0.450 2-0-0 (2) 0-3-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3) 0.643
Montreal Alouettes (3) 0.500
Ottawa RedBlacks (3) 0.786
BC Lions (1) 0.313
Calgary Stampeders (1) 0.406
Edmonton Elks (1) 0.406
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1) 0.594
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1) 0.531
19661965 +/-
Average Combined Score 32.36 -7.14
Average Winning Score 23.00 +1.33
Average Losing Score 7.44 -4.19
Average Home Score 18.71 +3.86
Average Visitor Score 7.29 -5.43
Average Margin of Victory 9.80 +7.47
Average Margin of Loss 15.33 -0.48
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Toronto 131 (18.7) 51 (7.3) 182 (13.0)
Opponent 139 (19.9) 132 (18.9) 271 (19.4)
1st Toronto 8 (1.1) 2 (0.3) 10 (0.7)
Opponent 30 (4.3) 30 (4.3) 60 (4.3)
2nd Toronto 51 (7.3) 16 (2.3) 67 (4.8)
Opponent 23 (3.3) 13 (1.9) 36 (2.6)
3rd Toronto 29 (4.1) 19 (2.7) 48 (3.4)
Opponent 36 (5.1) 41 (5.9) 77 (5.5)
4th Toronto 43 (6.1) 14 (2.0) 57 (4.1)
Opponent 50 (7.1) 48 (6.9) 98 (7.0)
Head Coach
  • Bob Shaw (Dec. 12, 1964 – March 22, 1967)
1966 Player Awards and Nominations
1966 Most Outstanding
Toronto Argonauts 1966 All-Star Selections
2 All-Canadian Selections
T Bill Frank, Jr.
DHB Marv Luster
3 All-Division Selections
HB Dave Thelen
T Bill Frank, Jr.
DHB Marv Luster

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1966 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–2 (2)   Ross Nicholson (T) Western Ontario
2–2 (11)   Andy Szandiner (HB) Toronto
3–2 (20)   Randy Parker (LB) Toronto
4–2 (29)   Bob Mason (E) Royal Military College
5–2 (37)   George McKenzie (T) St. Patrick's
6–2 (45)   Merv Daub (G) Queen's
7–2 (51)   Al Smith (E) Western Ontario
7–3 (52) [BC] David Dalton (HB) Carleton
8–2   Pass
9–2   Pass
10–2   Pass

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